Coffee Mill

Creator:

Landers, Frary & Clark

Creation Date:

ca. 1890-1915

Accession Number:

I-0076f

Coffee had to be purchased at the general store or farm commissary. Families usually bought in bulk, and a sack of coffee would last the whole year.

Sharecropping and tenant farming families produced as much food at home as they could, to keep their expenses and debts low. Coffee, however, was one item that had to be purchased. Families often bought these staples in large quantities at the beginning of the year, occasionally on credit from the landowner, rather than take frequent trips into town to shop.